How common is the surname Glisson?

4,370 people in the United States had the surname Glisson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 70,651 Americans. It ranked 7,607th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Glisson?

Francis Glisson, British doctor; (1597-1677).

Where is the surname Glisson most common?

Wikidata records people named Glisson in the Kingdom of England.

How do you pronounce Glisson?

Glisson is /ˈɡlɪsən/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Glisson getting more or less common?

More common. 4,115 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,370 in 2010, up 6.2%.

The surname Glisson

A surname, carried by 4,370 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈɡlɪsən/ 2 syllables Soundex G425

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Glisson is more common than 95.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,370 people named Glisson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 70,651 Americans. That is up 6.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,115.

#7,607

rank among US surnames

4,370

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+6.2%

change since 2000 (was #7,460)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,600	Peele	4,373	70,603
#7,601	Bachmann	4,372	70,619
#7,605	Smedley	4,371	70,635
#7,607	Go	4,370	70,651
#7,609	Minnich	4,369	70,667
#7,612	Urbano	4,368	70,684

Who is named Glisson

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

91% of people named Glisson identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Glissons

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Francis Glisson
British doctor; (1597-1677)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Glisson

Glisson has the Soundex code G425, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G425.

Questions

How common is the surname Glisson?: 4,370 people in the United States had the surname Glisson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 70,651 Americans. It ranked 7,607th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Glisson?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Glisson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Glisson?: Francis Glisson, British doctor; (1597-1677).
Where is the surname Glisson most common?: Wikidata records people named Glisson in the Kingdom of England.
How do you pronounce Glisson?: Glisson is /ˈɡlɪsən/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Glisson getting more or less common?: More common. 4,115 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,370 in 2010, up 6.2%.